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❏ NETFLIX ORIGINALS Marcella: Season 1 (July 1) Set in contemporary London and starring Anna Friel, Marcella, from  screenwriter and novelist Hans Rosenfeldt (The Bridge), centres on the psychological struggles of a Metropolitan police officer at a crisis point in her personal life.  Deep: Season 1 (July 1) As he grapples with a life-threatening illness, […]

? Prime says it has fixed a problem that led to episodes of The Five, Modern Family and Doctor Thorne screening in SD rather than HD. Last week’s SD transmission of The Five revealed just how big a difference HD can make to a show’s enjoyment: the premiere was cinematic in execution and dazzled with its production […]

Early trade paper reviews of Marco Polo have nixed Netflix’s hopes of it being another Game of Thrones. The Hollywood Reporter dismisses the 10-part dramatisation of the 13th century explorer’s adventures as “a middling mess, complete with random accents, slow story and kung fu”. It calls the reportedly $US90 million production “epic only in scope” and predicts this […]